November 1956 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on November 18, 1956.[1]

Total Lunar Eclipse
November 18, 1956
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series125 (45 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1955–1958
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
Chart
110 1955 Jun 5
 Penumbral
 115 1955 Nov 29
 Partial
120 1956 May 24
 Partial
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
130 1957 May 13
 Total
 135 1957 Nov 7
 Total
140 1958 May 3
 Partial
 145 1958 Oct 27
 Penumbral
Last set 1954 Jul 16 Last set 1955 Jan 8
Next set 1958 Apr 4 Next set 1959 Sep 17

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart		 Saros Date
Viewing		 Type
chart
120 1902 Apr 22
 Total
 121 1913 Mar 22
 Total
122 1924 Feb 20
 Total
 123 1935 Jan 19
 Total
124 1945 Dec 19
 Total
 125 1956 Nov 18
 Total
126 1967 Oct 18
 Total
 127 1978 Sep 16
 Total
128 1989 Aug 17
 Total
 129 2000 Jul 16
 Total
130 2011 Jun 15
 Total
 131 2022 May 16
 Total
132 2033 Apr 14
 Total
 133 2044 Mar 13
 Total
134 2055 Feb 11
 Total
 135 2066 Jan 11
 Total
136 2076 Dec 10
 Total
 137 2087 Nov 10
 Total
138 2098 Oct 10
 Total

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

November 12, 1947 November 23, 1965

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 125
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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